Rae Desmond Jones
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Rae Desmond Jones (b.1941) was born in Broken Hill, New South Wales. He left school at fourteen and worked in a number of manual jobs.
    He has published a number of books of poetry, including: Orpheus With A Tuba (Makar Press 1973); The Mad Vibe (Saturday Centre Press 1975; Shakti (Makar press 1977). He has also published several novels: The Lemon Tree (Angus and Robertson, 1991); Wisdom (Blackwattle Press, 1995), and a book of short stories, Walking The Line (Red Press 1979). He has also written a further novel: The Seven Gated City, which retells the Oedipus myth, with its personal theme but allows the tragic classic to take place in the context of globalisation and recent national and international political events. He is in the process of compiling a volume of poetry, High Tide.
    He has read poetry on dvd and video tape, Rae Jones: Poet With A Tuba (Vanguard Videos).
    He regards himself as an active politician and an active poet and writer. He has always enjoyed being published in small presses and underground magazines, and has recently taken to submitting poems to the following demented journals: http://www.madhattersreview.com/links.shtml, http://www.poetsagainstthewar.org/, http://www.lunaticchameleon.com/, http://jacketmagazine.com/, http://www.styluspoetryjournal.com. He searches unceasingly for outlets sympathetic to his rebellious muse.
    Jones has worked at various occupations, including magazine editor, public servant and teacher. In 2004 he was elected the Mayor of the Sydney Municipality of Ashfield
(http://www.ashfield.nsw.gov.au/council/rae_jones.htm).
He finds poetry and politics mutually contradictory, and finds consolation from each in the arms of the other.

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